How to Get Bartending Jobs

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By brianwilliams
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You too can be lining them up real soon.

If you follow these step by step instructions you will have a bartending job in no time at all.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Imagination
Courage
Presence
Resume
Cover letter
Belief in Yourself

Step 1

Make a list of 10 bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. where you would want to work. Hint: Country Clubs, family owned restaurants, neighborhood bars, and hotels with small bar lounges are perfect for the aspiring bartender with no experience.
Step 2

Research these 10 establishments on the internet and via phone calls to get the contact information of the person who hires bartenders.
Step 3

Write a cover letter that pops with personality and will get you noticed by the hiring decision maker. For tips on how to write great cover letters check out http://hubpages.com/hub/bartending-cover-letter
Step 4

Write a resume that focuses on skills you have that relate to bartending. If you have experience, obviously include it. If you don't have bartending experience then find other job experience you do have that bar managers want to see. For example: conflict resolution, sales, customer service, etc. For tips on writing a bartending resume with no experience visit http://hubpages.com/hub/bartending-resume
Step 5

Call the contacts you researched in step 1 and ask to drop off your resume. If they respond with "We're not hiring right now" then politely ask for only 2 minutes of there time to drop off your resume for future reference.
Step 6

When dropping off your cover letter and resume, dress well, have presence, and be confident. Do your best to turn 2 minutes into 10. Good employees are very hard to find. If you impress the hiring decision maker they will either find a job for you or refer you to someone they know who is looking.
Step 7

Repeat steps 5 and 6. Getting a bartending job can be a bit of a numbers game especially if you don't have experience. Keep at it. This will work and you really can make great money as a bartender.

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on 4/10/2009 ...too busy to talk to you, Dont Leave your Application! Ask for a better time to come back and do it! It is extremely detrimental to you if you dont get an interaction and short conversation with the person who has the power to hire you. Iv taken alot of crap from random employees who always tell applicants we arnt hiring or we dont hire bartenders or whatever. If its not the hiring manager talking, let it go in one ear and out the other. Their thoughts and opinions dont matter, every bar always wants higher quality employees.

on 4/10/2009 A side note to help this out is that when you apply, it will take you 3x as many applications to land a job if you arn't talking directly to the hiring manager when you drop off your application. There are two reasons for this, first and more obviously, when a hiring manager can see you they are much more likely to offer you an interview (which now allows you to request one on the 1st interaction). If they dont need help or there is a problem with your qualifications you will get an honest feedback, but if they are hiring and they do like you, your are very far down the road. Secondly and less obviously, lots of workers in the bar are your enemy and will work against you until you finally get your interview. They don't want you to take a job their striving for and will say anything to ward you off. The solution to this is that if the bar manager isnt in or is too busy to talk to y